Otis Redding – Ole Man Trouble (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE: OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL) Words and Music by Otis Redding Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=80
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    e e Q    H    E E E E   Q  Q  e e Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|------7-7----|--------4-5---|-7-----7-7----|
|-------------|-7----7-----7-|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|

|-3-| |-3-|

  H    E E E E   Q.   S S S Q  E E   Q.   S S S Q  E E
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|--------4-5---|-4----4-4-4-4--4-5-|-7----7-7-7-7-------||
|-7----7-----7-|-------------------|-----------------7--||
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q..   S H      H    E E E E   Q..   S H      H    E E E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---|
||o--------------|-7----7-----7-|--------------|-7----7-----7-|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

  Q..   S Q.   E   Q..   S H      Q..   S H      H    E E E E
|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7-----7-7----7-|--------------|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5----|
|----------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-7----7-----7--|
|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

                               1.
  Q..   S H      H    E E E E   Q..   S Q  E E   Q..   S Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---|-4-----4-4--4-5-|-7-----7-7-------o||
|--------------|-7----7-----7-|----------------|--------------7--o||
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||

                                     Bridge
  2.
  Q..   S Q  S S S S   H    Q  E E    Q..   S Q.   E
|--------------------|-------------||----------------|
|-4-----4-4--4-4-5-6-|-7----7--7---||----------------|
|--------------------|-----------7-||-5-----5-5----5-|
|--------------------|-------------||----------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q..   S Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q..   S H
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-7-----7-7----|
|-7----7-7----7-|-5-----5-5----5-|-7----7-7----7-|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|

  H    E E E E   Q..   S H      H    E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------4-5---|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---||
|-7----7-----7-|--------------|-7----7-----7-||
|--------------|--------------|--------------||

   Outro
    H    Q  S S E   H    Q  Q    H    Q  S S E   H    Q  Q   3x
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
||o-4----4--4-4-5-|-7----7--7--|-4----4--4-4-5-|-7----7--7--o||
||o---------------|------------|---------------|------------o||
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths